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jane wells is live. is mario lopez there? he hangs out there, right? >> reporter: mario, love you! no, he's not here. we will talk about gift cards next, which ones are the best to use, which ones are the most people are buying and we are also going to look at how some retailers have developed a new strategy starting for after christmas. >>> i'm the operating partner of exchange bar and grill located in new york city. i'm annoyed. i'm annoyed with the fiscal cliff. we're looking at not knowing what's going to happen. we fall off this cliff and everyone gets affected. there's no trickle down effect. it's more like a slush. we will lose income. the question is, how much income are we going to lose. if we fall off the cliff, the fear is that we fall off the cliff, not slowly glide down the cliff. big government at this point needs to understand that we should be able to trust you to do the right thing, put politics aside, think about us, the people. that's why we have government. fix it. a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of t
jane wells is live. is mario lopez there? he hangs out there, right? >> reporter: mario, love you! no, he's not here. we will talk about gift cards next, which ones are the best to use, which ones are the most people are buying and we are also going to look at how some retailers have developed a new strategy starting for after christmas. >>> i'm the operating partner of exchange bar and grill located in new york city. i'm annoyed. i'm annoyed with the fiscal cliff. we're looking...
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jane wells, good luck in the casinos yourself. thank you. >>> coming up, the ipad could be on the verge of a mid life crisis? >>> plus, could the fiscal cliff become a plot line on one of the biggest reality shows? we're digging for answers with "gold rush's" own todd hoffman. coming up. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. ♪ [ male announcer ] 'tis the season to discover the kid in all of us. enjoy free shipping and great values on your holiday shopping from l.l. bean. i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer
jane wells, good luck in the casinos yourself. thank you. >>> coming up, the ipad could be on the verge of a mid life crisis? >>> plus, could the fiscal cliff become a plot line on one of the biggest reality shows? we're digging for answers with "gold rush's" own todd hoffman. coming up. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more....
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jane wells at a mall in canoga pa park, california. hi, jane. >> tyler, this fiscal cliff is as ugly as this sweater. we're making a noise about it. but do consumers know what it is and is it impacting their shopping? we are live after the break. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 gives me tools that help me find opportunities more easily. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can even access it from the cloud and trade on any computer. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and with schwab mobile, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can focus on trading anyplace, anytime. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 until i choose to focus on something else. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 all this with no trade minimums. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and only $8.95 a trade. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 open an account with a $50,000 deposit, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and get 6 months commission-free trades. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 call 1-866-294-5373. every human being is unique. and there is one store that recognizes it. the sleep number store. the only place in the world you'll find the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. an exclusi
jane wells at a mall in canoga pa park, california. hi, jane. >> tyler, this fiscal cliff is as ugly as this sweater. we're making a noise about it. but do consumers know what it is and is it impacting their shopping? we are live after the break. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 gives me tools that help me find opportunities more easily. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can even access it from the cloud and trade on any computer. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and with schwab mobile, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i can focus on...
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well, it is utter mall madness today and out there where there is madness, there must be jane wells as well. you are out there with all the shoppers in l.a. jane? >> reporter: mandy, i'm here at the grove in los angeles which is really starting to get crowded. it just opened a little while ago. why are people here today? some are returning items, some are shopping for new items. some are both. here are a couple of examples. liquidity services says returns will be up 37% this year so kelly riley and her daughters are here doing returns but not just because the sizes are wrong. glenn morgan is also making returns but he's shopping for new stuff like he does every december 26th. two shoppers, two strategies, one concern about the economy. >> we are returning to gap and j. crew this morning. >> reporter: why? >> wrong sizes and quite frankly, i overshopped. >> reporter: are these returns or new purchases? >> bahama's a return because unfortunately my mom bought me the same shirt for my birthday. >> reporter: did you break your budget? >> absolutely broke my budget. and didn't realize it un
well, it is utter mall madness today and out there where there is madness, there must be jane wells as well. you are out there with all the shoppers in l.a. jane? >> reporter: mandy, i'm here at the grove in los angeles which is really starting to get crowded. it just opened a little while ago. why are people here today? some are returning items, some are shopping for new items. some are both. here are a couple of examples. liquidity services says returns will be up 37% this year so kelly...
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jane wells hitting the mall to find out. jane? >> melissa, we are going to talk to the shoppers behind the numbers to get the facts and how even men cannot deny the allure of brad pitt. we'll have that from la la land, after the break. >>> welcome back to f"fast money." netflix might have woken up to coal in its christmas stocking. netflix's movie streaming service getting hit with an outage on christmas eve. for some customers, it lasted through the next morning. netflix blaming amazon's web servers for the glitch. the stock rallied today, but not everyone is a buyer. so, let's have a good old fashioned street fight, guy, the bull, going up against anthony, the bear. so, guy, start with the -- >> well, part of my argument, which, as you mentioned, on christmas eve, we had an out age and given netflix's history, one would have thought on a tape like today, you would have seen that stock down significantly. obviously it wasn't. it was higher. so, i use that as proof positive number one. also, remember back in early december, netfli
jane wells hitting the mall to find out. jane? >> melissa, we are going to talk to the shoppers behind the numbers to get the facts and how even men cannot deny the allure of brad pitt. we'll have that from la la land, after the break. >>> welcome back to f"fast money." netflix might have woken up to coal in its christmas stocking. netflix's movie streaming service getting hit with an outage on christmas eve. for some customers, it lasted through the next morning....
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jane wells is deking deeper into the consumer story, joining us now from a mall in california. my, how glittery that swelter is, jane. >> you nope what it's like? did you ever see "total recall," where the guy opens up his coat and he's hosting another being in his gut. >> exactly like that. >> you can't really tell, it's lit up. but back to the consumer which is not buying this. walmart's ceo said 15% of his core customers say all this debate over the deficit is inpacts their shopping and, in fact, concerns over the fiscal cliff, awareness of it has skyrocketed since the election. if you remember, last month, when we asked around, hardly anybody even knew what the fiscal cliff was. listen. >> do you know what the fiscal cliff is? >> good question. don't have a good answer for that. >> fiscal clip? >> cliff. >> oh. >> what is the fiscal cliff? >> i have no idea. >> all right, one month later, nearly everyone knows what it is. nearly. >> are you concerned about this so-called fiscal cliff? >> ah, no, i'm not actually. i think that they will fix it and i'm a positive person. >> i
jane wells is deking deeper into the consumer story, joining us now from a mall in california. my, how glittery that swelter is, jane. >> you nope what it's like? did you ever see "total recall," where the guy opens up his coat and he's hosting another being in his gut. >> exactly like that. >> you can't really tell, it's lit up. but back to the consumer which is not buying this. walmart's ceo said 15% of his core customers say all this debate over the deficit is...
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jane wells is in california. what's the scene like, jane? >> well, not much of a scene yet, melissa. the mall doesn't open for another hour. macy's, though, is open. you can't enter it from the mall, you have to enter it from the outside. i keep walking over to see if anyone's in here. other than employees. and i see two employees. no customers. so i'm not sure it's worth it. a lot of people are writing off this holiday as losing steam. but not piper jaffray, which said over the past week, quote, the holiday may actually home. comscore datas tracking ahead of expectations with a 53% jump in sales last week year over year, and that includes ecommerce. here at the mall, we are seeing sales, sales, sales. what does that mean for profits, profits, profits and margins? for retailers, it may be okay compared to a year ago when they were dealing with higher cotton prices. >> this year we've seen about half that cost retrace, or fall, and so you have an advantage with margins this year that we didn't see last year. we're actually looking for better
jane wells is in california. what's the scene like, jane? >> well, not much of a scene yet, melissa. the mall doesn't open for another hour. macy's, though, is open. you can't enter it from the mall, you have to enter it from the outside. i keep walking over to see if anyone's in here. other than employees. and i see two employees. no customers. so i'm not sure it's worth it. a lot of people are writing off this holiday as losing steam. but not piper jaffray, which said over the past...
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jane wells. jane? >> bill, it's beginning to look a lot like 2007 says one analyst. is that good or bad? and which discount every store has today. only one number. we'll have it after the break. >>> welcome back. we all know that the web is supposed to give shoppers the best deals at the click of a button. right? well, a "wall street journal" report finds that's not always the case. in fact, some online retailers are charging consumers more depending on where they live and how close they are to competitors. take a look at these price comparisons at staples. two shoppers bought the same swingline stapler but the price difference was nearly 11%, bill. >> depending on where they -- if the person lived closer to a competitor of staples, they got the lower price. now, can this price discrimination backfire onion line retailers? nicholas carlson a business insider thinks so. he joins us to make his case. i guess it back fires if you find out you paid more. if you paid less it is not such a bad deal, right? >> that's right. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> absolutely
jane wells. jane? >> bill, it's beginning to look a lot like 2007 says one analyst. is that good or bad? and which discount every store has today. only one number. we'll have it after the break. >>> welcome back. we all know that the web is supposed to give shoppers the best deals at the click of a button. right? well, a "wall street journal" report finds that's not always the case. in fact, some online retailers are charging consumers more depending on where they live...
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jane wells is in nevada. good morning. >> reporter: hey, carl, not sure we have a lot of apple shareholders here but i'll check. you want a job? find the work, up next we hit the open road visiting rv parks filled with seasonal workers working at places like amazon, called work campers. meet one, after the break. [ male announcer ] what can you experience in a seat? inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. take advantage of exceptional values on the audi a8 during the season of audi event. ♪ look this isn't my first christmas. these deals all seem great at the time... but later... [ shirt ] merry christmas, everybody! not so much. ho ho ho! this isn't that kind of deal. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. sf
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jane wells is going to join us to break it all down. jane? >> well, you know, this is the week of giving back. giving back the gift you don't want. why do americans do so many returns? can't we just say thank you? and what is the gift we return more than anything else? you may be surprised. find out after the break. power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. you can stay in and like something... or you can get out there and actually like something. the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you r
jane wells is going to join us to break it all down. jane? >> well, you know, this is the week of giving back. giving back the gift you don't want. why do americans do so many returns? can't we just say thank you? and what is the gift we return more than anything else? you may be surprised. find out after the break. power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane?...
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jane wells on the west coast. >>> okay. let's focus on the outlet mall situation and head over to courtney reagan, who is -- where are you, courtney? >> ha ha, i am in bergen county, i'm just down the road, simon, from where cnbc headquarters is we are at the outlets here, luxury has been kind of a mixed picture recently, as the wealthy start to worry about those looming fiscal cliff tax increases. however, outlet malls have actually performed better. consumers are finding value in the off-price luxuries at outlet malls, like this one. >> the consumer has begun to make some significant statement us in terms of their rpreferenc and the outlet malls are starting to find some distance between their performance and the performance other traditional malls. >> outlet mall occupancy nearly 95%, according to capri partners, compares to traditional malls about 90% or so th so. then when you talk about the revenues, 13 to 15% compared to low single digits for their traditional counterparts. we have the average base represent of 8 1/2
jane wells on the west coast. >>> okay. let's focus on the outlet mall situation and head over to courtney reagan, who is -- where are you, courtney? >> ha ha, i am in bergen county, i'm just down the road, simon, from where cnbc headquarters is we are at the outlets here, luxury has been kind of a mixed picture recently, as the wealthy start to worry about those looming fiscal cliff tax increases. however, outlet malls have actually performed better. consumers are finding value...
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jane wells is live at the port of los angeles with the very latest. jane? >> reporter: hey melissa. negotiations are expecteded to start up again this morning but that's not stopping the strike. you have 800 clerical workers that walked out after not having a contract for over two years. it's the longshoremen honor the picket line that has brought everything to a standstill. the national retail federation is asking the president to interve intervene. the work stoppage is increasing shipping costs a billion a delay. each day of the strike affects 0.1 of 1% of far east north american shipping volume. an east port strike is also looming if an agreement is not reached by december 29th. cargo airlines, china, korean air and the union is striking to make sure that jobs performed by union workers stay union jobs after these workers retire. management says they don't want to do that. they call it featherbedding and claim they offered compensation packages for senior employees worth $109,000. time off for most senior people for 11 weeks and guaranteed job security. i'm hold ttold the average
jane wells is live at the port of los angeles with the very latest. jane? >> reporter: hey melissa. negotiations are expecteded to start up again this morning but that's not stopping the strike. you have 800 clerical workers that walked out after not having a contract for over two years. it's the longshoremen honor the picket line that has brought everything to a standstill. the national retail federation is asking the president to interve intervene. the work stoppage is increasing...
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up next, jane wells will be with us in l.a. with the lowdown. good morning. >> hi, simon. yeah, you were just talking about it a little bit. there's been this transition from my generation, yes, i'm old, i like to gift, even if i don't like it, to my kids, 20, 22, they just want gift cards they don't care about the thought. give them the money. and is it enough to save christmas. we'll have that after the break. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm bertha coombs at the nymex. we have a nice little rally. if you're long, it's looking pretty good. nymex leading the energy complex. we had the contract here go above $91. that's a two-month high for the current contract. partly we've seen a little bit of a weakening of the dollar. that has certainly helped commodities. also optimism about the fact they're getting back to work in washington to try to avert the year-end fiscal cliff situation. meantime, one of the things that's interesting is how wti nymex has performed. year-to-date it has been the worst performer with regard to its loss versus a gain on the benchmark
up next, jane wells will be with us in l.a. with the lowdown. good morning. >> hi, simon. yeah, you were just talking about it a little bit. there's been this transition from my generation, yes, i'm old, i like to gift, even if i don't like it, to my kids, 20, 22, they just want gift cards they don't care about the thought. give them the money. and is it enough to save christmas. we'll have that after the break. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm bertha...
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and bob woodward still at the table as well. good to have you with us today. where do we begin? benghazi? >> let's start with the benghazi report. dr. brzezinski, what was your take on it? >> it's a powerful report. it points the finger where the finger should be pointed. it seems to me that as i understand it, some people are resigning. that's probably proper, even though sad. at the same time, i don't feel that people should be pointing fingers at the secretary because in a big bureaucracy, in a big government, a lot of decisions are made at different levels. and, of course, there's responsibility for these decisions. but unless the top person sets the wrong tone and sets the wrong direction, that person can't be held accountable for every decision made by supporting it. >> jane, it was a scathing report. just a high level of negligence, grocery inadequate security. how does that happen in a country that has had its dictator of 30 years removed overnight? >> well, let's understand the history here. our embassies have been under siege since the '80s. we lost an embassy in beiru
and bob woodward still at the table as well. good to have you with us today. where do we begin? benghazi? >> let's start with the benghazi report. dr. brzezinski, what was your take on it? >> it's a powerful report. it points the finger where the finger should be pointed. it seems to me that as i understand it, some people are resigning. that's probably proper, even though sad. at the same time, i don't feel that people should be pointing fingers at the secretary because in a big...
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you look at various journalits who have looked at the movie some like jane merit with "the new yorker" and others familiar well security, like my old colleague at the atlantic thought it was a fair portrayal. wired thought it was an anti-torture movie. it's a debate that will be interesting to be haul more broadly >> bill: the"the atlantic," theatlantic.com. chris orr. this will be in broad release january 11th. >> that's right. >> bill: coming up also, we have les mis. he have i have seen that will trailer and talked to a friend who went for a screening. this is getting advanced reviews. have you seen it? >> i have. >> bill: and? >> i think people are really going to be divided by it. i think people who are devout fans of the musical are going to enjoy it. there is a lot to enjoy there. it's a big, ambitious film. it's two hours and 37 minutes long. >> bill: yes. >> about the same length as "zero dark 30." i think "zero dark 30" earns every minute. i think for a lot of people les miserable will drag. it has this terrific innovation tom hooper. >> singing live? >> seen that? the infom
you look at various journalits who have looked at the movie some like jane merit with "the new yorker" and others familiar well security, like my old colleague at the atlantic thought it was a fair portrayal. wired thought it was an anti-torture movie. it's a debate that will be interesting to be haul more broadly >> bill: the"the atlantic," theatlantic.com. chris orr. this will be in broad release january 11th. >> that's right. >> bill: coming up also, we...
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, keep in mind about a week ago, they shot down jane boehner's so-called plan b. that plan would have raised taxes only on folks earning a million dollars or more. boehner couldn't even get that through. so the question now is, what on earth are they going to do to get them to vote on raising taxes at a much lower threshold, $250,000. i think what boehner will have to do and the clock is clearly ticking, he has to convince not a majority of the majority, the so-called hastert roll but whatever he can to get enough votes, period drawing from nancy pelosi's caucus and his own to get this true. >> how severe do you think the backlash would be against republicans, especially say looking forward to 2014, midterm elections? >> well, polls seem to show that most people will blame republicans for this if we go over the cliff. they already have this reputation of being obstructists and the spending cuts about by the way, i don't think they're going to do anything about that now. so i think these spending cuts are going to go into effect at least in the january. so that mea
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secretary of state clinton meeting with the russian foreign minister as well as the u.n. envoy to syria. with so much concern about the threat of chemical weapons at this point, do you think there are any diplomatic options left? >> i think the play -- and hillary clinton met twice today with russian foreign minister lavrov -- is to get russia in the tent with the rest of the world. everyone has predicted, when facts on the ground change, russia will be there. this could be a reset moment for vladimir putin, and he could, because of his unique sway in the area, persuade, i would think, the bashar family to step aside and create a peaceful transition, like the transition in yemen. the opposition is now more broadly representative, and i would hope the russians would see that being on the wrong side of this just creates more carnage, more opportunity for terrorists to get traction there and won't help russia. >> it's a pivotal moment, as we say, a clear tipping point. glad you're back safe and sound from egyp. jane harman, thanks so much for coming in. the jersey shore abou
secretary of state clinton meeting with the russian foreign minister as well as the u.n. envoy to syria. with so much concern about the threat of chemical weapons at this point, do you think there are any diplomatic options left? >> i think the play -- and hillary clinton met twice today with russian foreign minister lavrov -- is to get russia in the tent with the rest of the world. everyone has predicted, when facts on the ground change, russia will be there. this could be a reset moment...